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[5] Adventu itaque plurium copiarum animati indices, castrisque ad tempus brevissimum fixis, quia nec sarcinale iumentum quisquam nec tabernaculum habuit, praeter principem, cui tapete et sisyra suffecerant 1 pro tentorio, parumper ob tenebras morati nocturnas, exsiliente Lucifero, urgente 2 procinctu pergebant ulterius, itinerum gnaris ducentibus, 3 frequenti 4 equitatu cum Theodosio rectore praeire disposito, ne quid lateret 5 ... tempore iaceat, extento strepitu suorum est impeditus quibus assidue mandans, ut rapinis et incendiis abstinerent, impetrare non [p. 244] potuit. Ignium enim crepitu dissonisque clamoribus satellites exciti, idque quod acciderat suspicati, carpento veloci impositum regem angusto aditu circumfractis collibus abdiderunt.
1 et sisyra suffecerant, Her.; tapete suffecerat (cf. xvi. 5, 5), Pet.; tapete (lac. 7 letters) sufficerat po, V.
2 Lucifero urgente, added by Her. (cf. xix. 7, 2); exigente procinctu, Pet.; exiliente procincti, V.
3 ducentibus ... erat (see crit. note 5), G omits with lac. of 4 letters and asterisk; ducentibus, Lind.; discentibus, V.
4 frequenti, Eyssen.; fre (lac. 4 letters), V.
5 nequid lateret, Her. (cf. xxiv. 1, 13); sequi ratus, Eyssen.; et quia aderat, Pet. in Index; equirat erat (lac. 3 1/2 lines), V.
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